OBJECTIVE To verify how conduct disorder and conduct problems are associated with gender, age at onset of drug use and categories of drugs used. METHOD A test of association was conducted between the presence of comorbidity and gender. Mean age of first use of each drug was compared to mean age of first arrest, of first robbery/theft, and of first drug dealing. RESULTS In this sample, appro...

Despite numerous annual bank robberies worldwide, research in the psychological sequelae of bank robberies is sparse and characterized by several limitations. To overcome these limitations we investigated the psychological impact of bank robbery in a cohort study by comparing general levels of traumatization and somatization in employees never exposed to robbery and employees exposed to robbery...

Abstract This article seeks the essence and dynamics of crime phenomenon in municipalities State Rio de Janeiro. The approach is statistical econometric, using Principal Component Analysis Granger Causality Analysis. data obtained from Public Security Institute Janeiro (ISP/RJ) comprise 47 variables cover period 2003 to 2018. hypothesis that integrated, complex, dynamic, according Theory Instit...

Amnesia following sedative-hypnotic drug exposure is discussed. Anterograde amnesia clearly occurs with many benzodiazepines. Several drugs are assessed: benzodiazepines and two hypnotics in particular that are structurally unrelated to the benzodiazepines but share some of their properties: zolpidem and zopiclone. The amnesic effects of these drugs are described, memory process, biology of mem...

BACKGROUND A sharp reduction in heroin supply in Australia in 2001 was followed by a large but transient increase in cocaine use among injecting drug users (IDU) in Sydney. This paper assesses whether the increase in cocaine use among IDU was accompanied by increased rates of violent crime as occurred in the United States in the 1980s. Specifically, the paper aims to examine the impact of incre...